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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY BANKS and HANSEN
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution relating to border city truck-
1 4 ing agreements.
1 5 WHEREAS, in the early 1970s the states of Iowa,
1 6 Nebraska, and South Dakota developed border city
1 7 agreements which allowed for the free flow of trade
1 8 among the states; and
1 9 WHEREAS, these compacts allowed farmers, truckers,
1 10 and other business people to cross state boundaries;
1 11 and
1 12 WHEREAS, federal regulations have required states
1 13 to prohibit divisible loads with a gross weight in
1 14 excess of 80,000 pounds on interstate highways; and
1 15 WHEREAS, states were allowed grandfather rights if
1 16 the state had authorized heavier loads or had issued
1 17 overweight permits for divisible loads in effect on
1 18 July 1, 1956; and
1 19 WHEREAS, Iowa did not allow heavier loads or issue
1 20 overweight permits as of July 1, 1956, and therefore
1 21 is not eligible for grandfather rights; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the federal Highway Administration will
1 23 not allow Iowa to change its laws without imposition
1 24 of sanctions; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the states of Nebraska and South Dakota
1 26 have grandfather provisions which allow the use of
1 27 divisible loads in excess of 80,000 pounds; and
1 28 WHEREAS, one example of the problem is the movement
1 29 of livestock into the Sioux City stockyards from
1 30 Nebraska and South Dakota in trailers which exceed
2 1 Iowa's legal gross weight of 80,000 pounds, although
2 2 the vehicles are otherwise within legal requirements
2 3 per axle; and
2 4 WHEREAS, because such vehicles are not legal in
2 5 Iowa, farmers are forced to lighten their loads or
2 6 truck their livestock to terminals farther away; and
2 7 WHEREAS, this increases costs, reduces profits, and
2 8 adversely affects border city stockyards; and
2 9 WHEREAS, the Secretary of the United States
2 10 Department of Transportation, Federico Pena, has
2 11 stated that he does not have the authority to grant
2 12 Iowa a waiver from the federal regulations; NOW
2 13 THEREFORE,
2 14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 15 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 16 Assembly requests that a federal waiver be authorized
2 17 to allow the state of Iowa to update the border city
2 18 agreement so that trucks may enter Iowa's western
2 19 boundaries to load and unload without violating Iowa's
2 20 weight restrictions; and
2 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 22 resolution be sent to the President of the United
2 23 States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House
2 24 of Representatives, and to members of Iowa's
2 25 congressional delegation.
2 26 LSB 1753SS 76
2 27 js/jw/5
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